latest aidsmap news

• Higher LDL cholesterol levels mean better response to anti-HCV treatment in HIV/HCV coinfected patients
• Mother-to-child transmission in UK and Ireland has remained below 2% since 1998
• Texas jury concludes saliva of HIV-positive man a ‘deadly weapon’, sentenced to 35 yrs jail
• BHIVA: HIV-positive women at increased risk of late pregnancy loss
• BHIVA: Starting ART earlier has cost implications, public health benefits, says HPA
• Combining rifampicin with increased doses of lopinavir/ritonavir tablets leads to dangerous increases in liver enzymes
• Death rate in Malawi falls by up to 35% due to free HIV treatment
• HIV, but not HHV-8, found to increase risk of pulmonary arterial hypertension
• Circumcision and partner reduction should be priorities for HIV prevention, say US researchers
• Does tenofovir increase the risk of efavirenz-associated liver side-effects?